eluding

e·lude  (-ld)

tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes

1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police.

2. To escape the understanding or grasp of: a name that has always eluded me; a metaphor that eluded them. See Synonyms at escape.

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[Latin ldere : -, ex-, ex- + ldere, to play (from ldus, play; see leid- in Indo-European roots).]

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Noun

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eluding - the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) elusion, slip evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver